By Horato Alger, Jr.
Jr. Horatio Alger
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BEN BARCLAY MEETS A TRAMP
CHAPTER II
BEN AND HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER III
MRS. BARCLAY'S CALLERS
CHAPTER IV
UNPLEASANT BUSINESS
CHAPTER V
PROFESSOR HARRINGTON'S ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPTER VI
TWO YOUNG RIVALS
CHAPTER VII
THE TRAMP MAKES ANOTHER CALL
CHAPTER VIII
SQUIRE DAVENPORT'S FINANCIAL OPERATION
CHAPTER IX
A PROSPECT OF TROUBLE
CHAPTER X
BEN GOES TO NEW YORK
CHAPTER XI
THE MADISON AVENUE STAGE
CHAPTER XII
BEN'S LUCK
CHAPTER XIII
A STARTLING EVENT
CHAPTER XIV
BEN SHOWS HIMSELF A HERO
CHAPTER XV
BEN LOSES HIS PLACE
CHAPTER XVI
BEN FINDS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER XVII
WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED
CHAPTER XVIII
FAREWELL TO PENTONVILLE
CHAPTER XIX
A COOL RECEPTION
CHAPTER XX
ENTERING UPON HIS DUTIES
CHAPTER XXI
AT THE THEATER
CHAPTER XXII
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
CHAPTER XXIII
BEN'S VISIT TO THIRTY-FIRST STREET
CHAPTER XXIV
BEN ON TRIAL
CHAPTER XXV
CONRAD TAKES A BOLD STEP
CHAPTER XXVI
MR. LYNX, THE DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XXVII
THE TELLTALE TICKET
CHAPTER XXVIII
MRS. HILL'S MALICE
CHAPTER XXIX
SOME UNEXPECTED CHANGES
CHAPTER XXX
BEN "GOES WEST"
CHAPTER XXXI
MR. JACKSON RECEIVES A CALL
CHAPTER XXXII
BEN SELLS THE FARM
CHAPTER XXXIII
GOOD NEWS
CHAPTER XXXIV
CONRAD GOES INTO WALL STREET
CHAPTER XXXV
TURNING THE TABLES
CHAPTER XXXVI
A LETTER FROM ROSE GARDINER
CHAPTER XXXVII
BEN'S VISIT TO PENTONVILLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CONCLUSION
JACK'S WARD
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